Preparing a successful Kansas City spring and summer garden means timing your planting to handle wild temperature swings, as late frosts can damage tender plants like snapdragons and magnolias.

For those of us in Pennsylvania, that means planting common milkweed, butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) and swamp milkweed (asclepias incarnata).

Does Milkweed Need Full Sun? The answer depends on the species of milkweed you’re growing. For many, common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is the most readily available. This fast-growing plant ...

Milkweed can grow in a wide variety of environments from roadsides and abandoned lots to the edge of fields, meadows, and ...

Despite some conservationists’ concerns, UC Davis researchers show that tropical milkweed has minimal impact on California monarch butterflies’ migratory patterns.

“Planting milkweed can help create habitat for monarchs, other butterflies and bumble bees.” Five of the 13 milkweed plants native to Wisconsin are listed as endangered, threatened or of special ...

For those interested in planting milkweed, the DNR provides resources on native plant sales and nurseries across the state on their Native Plants webpage. COPYRIGHT 2025 BY CHANNEL 3000.

MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announces milkweed as the Rare Plant Monitoring Program's 2025 Plant of the Year and encourages planting milkweed to help monarchs.

Milkweed is vital for monarch butterflies, serving as the only plant for laying eggs and feeding caterpillars. Five of Wisconsin's 13 native milkweed species are listed as endangered, threatened ...

So, students planted milkweed on campus to increase their population. They also installed raptor perches for owls as a form of rodent control. "What we are experiencing is an insect apocalypse, we ...

China will plant four to five times more genetically modified (GM) corn this year than last, analysts and executives say, building momentum in a rollout that has been slowed by tight state ...